AND THE ANGELS SING

I pleaded with you,

In the beginning,

To bring me home again to Thee.

I promised to heed every call,

To avoid every danger,

To abhor every sin.

 

I have laboured, Father,

to bring joy to Thee

and To be worthy

Of Your love for me.

 

When my time comes,

I will come home to Thee

and I will wait

 at heaven’s door knocking

Until I hear the angels sing. 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Lightbearers by Greg Olsen)

 

ODE TO HEAVEN'S MOTHER

 

You feared as you held your Firstborn,

That from your arms He would be torn.

You knew that one day

The glory for His Father He would yearn,

And willingly walk the path of thorns

His godly crown to earn.

Did your heart break

When the heaven's wept

To see your perfect Son

On the cross of tribulation

Endure untold pain

In the valley of humiliation?

And when home He came

To embrace His glory,

Did you weep with joy

Because above all,

He was just your boy!

- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Heavenly Mother in Gethsemane by Del Parson)

ODE TO HEAVENLY MOTHER

 

You nurtured me so lovingly

And placed me on the godly path;

You bid me follow in your footsteps,

To bring honour to Your noble heart.

 

I long to bring You my earthly memories

And tell You of them, one by one;

I hope to bring You endless joy

When home at last I come.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Holding Heaven by Jenedy Paige)

GIFT

 

His profound grief, His indescribable anguish,

His overpowering torture.

(Taylor, The Mediation and Atonement, pp 149-50)

 

 

Thy infinite mercy

Thy limitless goodness

Thy bountiful compassion,

A gift to those who loveth Thee;

Trailing from the cross of Calvary,

Sealed with Your hour of agony.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN

(Art: Redemption's Burden by Greg Collins)

LEAP OF FAITH

 

 

“Somewhere in your quest for spiritual knowledge, there is that ‘leap of faith’; as the philosophers call it. It is the moment when you have gone to the edge of the light and stepped into the darkness to discover that the way is lighted ahead for just a footstep or two. ‘The spirit of man’, as the scripture says, indeed ‘is the candle of the Lord’ (Proverbs 20:27).”

-        Elder Boyd K. Packer, “The Candle of the Lord”, Ensign January 1983, p 54-55

 

I will follow Thee my God and My All

When I can see no more;

I will trust in Thee

When all hope flees;

I will praise Thy name

When I am left without ease.

 

I will nurture the seeds of my faith

With tears of my affliction;

Yet will I look up to heaven

And believe in Thy throne;

I will trust in the strength of Thine arms

To lift me and carry me home.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: I Walk By Faith by Judy Cooley)

SACRED PROMISE

 

I prayed in faith

That you would save me

From the river of my tears.

 

You took my soul and wiped it clean

Of the ruin of my life in agony,

And You promised I’ll be more than I could be

If I look toward eternity.

 

I look to You in every thought

And surrender all my fears;

Your sacred promise like a flame

Locked in my heart these many years.

 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Pray In Faith Believing by Greg Collins)

TO BE ENOUGH

 

Often You come into my mind

And I wonder about my 'enoughs'. 

Did I go to Church enough?

Did I repent enough?

Did I serve enough?

Did I love enough?

I see You in my heart

Smiling lovingly,

And I know....

What will matter

the most in the end

Is my love for Thee. 

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: A Perfect Peace by Yongsung Kim

TO LOVE

 

I judged so carefully who deserved

The affections of my heart;

My kind words, my tolerance,

My compassion, my love.

 

I missed so many lessons

That were sent to me

With mercy from God above;

I now weep for the underfed

Wishing I had fed them more

Than my meagre portions of love.

- CATHRYNE ALLEN 

(Art: Security by David Bowman)